489 - three years later
Blacklight Technology, whose full name is Blacklight Biotechnology Co., Ltd., also known as Blacklight Group, is an emerging industry group committed to diversified development, focusing on biopharmaceuticals, bionic medical treatment, electronic technology, service security, military aerospace, mineral resources and other industries.
Blacklight Technology has nearly 100 branches, of which the core positions are: Blacklight Technology Middle-Continent Parent Company, Blacklight Technology Africa Branch, Blacklight Technology North America Branch, Blacklight Technology Beihaizhou Branch Company and Blacklight Technology Europe Branch, etc.
Among them, under each branch, there are more subordinate branches and offices in their own jurisdiction, and almost every first-tier city in the world can see the figure of Blacklight Technology.
In addition, Blacklight Technology also has a number of subsidiaries, including: Los Angeles Osmond Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Swiss Preston Co., Ltd., Africa Terra Strategic Resources Co., Ltd., etc......
It has to be said that Blacklight Technology is like a legend, from the obscurity at the beginning, to the gradual emergence in the world, to the internationally renowned Xingtian project, to the emergence of various terminal drugs for cancer and Alzheimer's disease, Blacklight Technology only took a few years......
In the past few years, Blacklight Technology has also extended its tentacles to the electronic luxury industry, military industry and aerospace fields, and the results are gratifying, until the middle of 2025, the world-shocking "CUERB Project" opened, and the world suddenly found that Blacklight Technology has become a technology giant and is at the forefront of science and technology in the world.
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One day three years later.
A decadent-looking, stubble-faced young man in a wheelchair came to the gate of Blacklight Technology's North America headquarters in the Reston neighborhood of New York City.
His arms were intact, he didn't have any urine bags or anything else on his body, he was obviously not a paralyzed patient, but his trouser legs were empty from the knees.
Pedro LeΓ³n is a young man who lost his legs.
At this moment, he was sitting in a wheelchair, ignoring the strange gazes of the passing crowd, and stared blankly at the huge building hundreds of meters high in front of him.
This building is a 5A-level office building with a height of about 300 meters and a modern style, with a total of 100 and 10 floors, in a polygonal structure, and it has also become a landscape of the Reston neighborhood.
And on his lap, there is also a well-filled application form with the BlackGuard logo.
At this time, the huge LED screen on the wall of the building floor is playing various news related to Blacklight Technology.
As the previous news ended, three figures suddenly appeared in the picture, followed by an impassioned jazz music-
In the background of black and flames, three pitch-black figures stand straight, and as the camera pulls in, the complete faces of the three gradually appear.
The three were two white and one black, all with their hands on their chests, and each of them had a high level of confidence and justice on their faces.
At this moment, among the three, the man standing in the C position suddenly spoke: "Crack down on any form of crime and resolutely defend the legitimate rights and interests of every citizen!" β
Then, another younger-looking man said righteously, "Race against time, every second passes, and innocent citizens may lose their lives!" β
Finally, the black man continued, "Justice may be late, but it will never be absent!" β
"Courage!"
"Honor!"
"Sacrifice!"
The three of them spoke in turn, and then the three of them stretched out their hands and stacked them on top of each other, and looked at the camera at the same time, "We are the BHB Warriors, join us, in order to maintain world peace and protect the personal safety of citizens, Blackwater will always look forward to your joining!" β
In the end, the figures of the three of them dimmed again, but a line of subtitles suddenly appeared on the screen: "BlackGuard Company is expanding, welcome to come to the trial".
Seeing these three internationally renowned legends, especially the captain who led him, Pedro LeΓ³n's eyes showed a touch of coldness and hatred.
The next moment, the screen turned again, and a girl who looked pretty and moving, but her expression was slightly stiff, appeared on the screen, she faced the camera, made a passionate gesture with her arms open, and said at the same time:
"Xingtian series of household bionic robots are about to enter thousands of households, I am your family nanny Xiaoai, come and bring me home!"
Bang!
But before the advertisement was over, suddenly a wine bottle flew out and smashed straight on the large screen more than ten meters high, smashing a large hole visible to the naked eye on the LED screen......
Leon was taken aback by this sudden situation, and he couldn't help but look back, only to see a dozen middle-aged people holding slogans and banners and dressed in scruffy clothes standing behind him, constantly shouting at the Black Light Technology Building.
The banners were written in crooked red lacquer: "Androids stole the work of the poor", "Androids are the original sin", "God created humans, but did not create them", "The purity of humans should not be desecrated", and so on.
It turned out to be a recent march against the Blackwatch company androids......
Pedro LeΓ³n shook his head, he turned around, only to see seven or eight security guards wearing body armor with black light technology emblems, armed with batons and blast shields, rushing out of the gate, passing Leon and rushing towards the ragged middle-aged men......
Then, it's a piece of chickens flying and dogs jumping.
Ignoring the commotion behind him, Leon took a deep breath, straightened his appearance, and pushed the wheelchair rim into the gate of BlackWard's headquarters.
Inside the door, there is a large living room, and unlike the traditional office building, the lobby of this office building has clearly put a lot of effort into the decoration, with black marble floors, high-tech silver decorations, and furniture made of transparent glass, which is full of strong postmodernism.
Leon swallowed a little nervously, he slowly came to the front desk, and suddenly the girl at the front desk showed a smile that could dispel any unhappiness, "This distinguished guest, I am the bionic receptionist with the number 3199, may I be able to help you?" β
Hearing this, Leon understood the identity of the woman in front of him, he stared at the other party a few times in amazement, and then asked tentatively, "Hello, I'm here to apply, and I'm going to apply for the bionic soldier." β
As he spoke, he handed over the registration form in his hand.
Sure enough, the android girl on the opposite side immediately raised her hand and politely took the registration form handed by Leon.
Through the first observation, Leon keenly found that although the movements of the girl in front of him were very smooth, they did not look like real people, because the girl's entire set of movements can be described as regular and straightforward, far less agile than real humans.
However, this is already quite remarkable, and if you don't pay attention to it, it will be difficult to tell the difference between humans and androids in the first place.
The girl just glanced down, then raised her head again, she smiled happily at Leon, "Dear Mr. Leon, you are welcome to apply for our BlackWorth Company Combat Police Department, our BlackWorth Company has cooperated with the North American District Police Department, now I will enter your information into the company's intranet and the New York City Police Department database, this is your number plate, now please go to the 2nd floor to register, remember to line up......"
As she spoke, the girl reached out again and handed Leon a silver electronic card.
"Okay, thank you......"
Leon nodded, reached out to take the electronic card, and subconsciously touched the other party's slender fingers.
The girl's skin was warm, and at the same time, it was also creamy and creamy as human skin, and Leon almost had the feeling of touching a real person......
However, apparently the android is not self-aware, and the girl does not react to Leon's actions, only smiling and watching Leon move away in his wheelchair.
Going up to the second floor, as soon as he got out of the elevator, Leon immediately saw rows of applicants sitting on the sofa in the hallway, some of them wearing bionic prostheses, some of them were poor, and they could not even afford to wear bionic prostheses, so they could only curl up in wheelchairs like themselves.
These people are all disabled people who applied for the combat police department of Blackwater.
In cities around the world, as long as there is a Blacklight Technology branch, then there will be a local combat police department, which is responsible for the security of the city.
And this department belongs to a semi-public and semi-private department, as long as you enter this department to become a bionic policeman, it is equivalent to a person with two identities, one of which is a police officer, and the other is an employee of Blackwater.
This job is very advantageous for people with disabilities, but unfortunately not everyone can join the Combat Police Department, first of all, you must be disabled, and preferably from the police or the military, of course, ordinary people can also, but unless you are extremely strong or have a very high fighting quality, the chances of being selected are not great.
Leon picked a corner and waited silently, looking at the electronic screen above the closed office in front of him, which was marked with the words "New York City Bionic Men of New America audition site", and below it was a number, which was 21.
Then, Leon looked at the silver plate in his hand again, and the number on it was 39.
Well, it seems that there are eighteen people in front of me to wait, so wait slowly......
With that, Leon took out his phone, put on his headphones, and began to immerse himself in his own world.
About half an hour passed, Leon couldn't help but look up at the number plate outside the office again, only to find that the number on it was only 25, and immediately frowned, but fortunately, there was a bionic waiter on the second floor serving tea and pouring water, constantly providing intimate service to the candidates here.
Looking at this release attendant, Leon had to sigh secretly, the android developed by Blackguard is indeed very suitable for the profession of nanny, hardworking, dedicated, and not lazy.
And I don't know whether it's intentional or unintentional, these androids are all designed to be extremely beautiful, almost compared to the stars in reality, except for the fact that the movements are a little stiff and you can see at a glance that they are not real people, there are almost no flaws......
And Leon heard sand sculpture netizens on the Internet say that these androids are very realistic even above and below, and they can be used as high-end inflatable dolls......
It wasn't until three hours passed that it was Leon's turn.
Upon entering, Leon immediately saw four men and women in suits sitting in a dimly lit office, one of them wearing a bionic prosthesis, the other three were completely healthy and normal people, and in front of the four, there was a sign of the examiner.
"Hello mentors, my name is Pedro Leon, born in the town of Roped in North America, and I am here to apply for the Bionic Warrior."
Leon sat in his wheelchair and bowed slightly, and said softly.
"Legs disabled?"
At this time, a man sitting on the far right frowned, and he asked unceremoniously, "Leon, how is your leg disabled, is it disabled because of the criminal's injury?" β
"No, I was disabled in an accident."
Leon muttered, "That accident was ......"
But before he could finish speaking, the man interrupted him, "So your previous profession was a police officer or a military?" β
"Neither."
Leon shook his head, a flattering smile on his face, "I used to be a college student, but I took a free fighting course in school, and my ranking was not low. β
Hearing Leon's words, the four of them immediately glanced at each other, and at this moment, the only man wearing a bionic prosthetic leg suddenly spoke, "Tell me about your understanding of 'justice', and what do you think of the bionic combat police profession?" β
"I think the so-called justice is to fight against all potential evils!"
Leon immediately replied, "My dream is to become a superhero, in my opinion justice is pure, without the slightest blemish, and any selfish behavior cannot be called justice." β
"As for how to think of the bionic Warriors class, in my opinion they are not real heroes, because real heroes should not be grandstanding, I think they are more like a group of actors, because real heroes are nameless ......"
Hearing this, the remaining two raised their heads one after another, glanced at Leon in surprise, and then a few people whispered a few words.
Immediately, the man wearing the bionic prosthetic leg nodded, "Mr. Leon, thank you for your participation, now you can leave, and if you are selected in the first round, we will notify you by email." β
"Okay......"
Leon smiled wryly and nodded, and he bowed to the crowd again before turning to leave.
By the time we left the Blackwatch building, the demonstrations outside the door had long since subsided, and the huge LED screen overhead had been restored, showing the BHB Troopers job advertisement again.
Leon couldn't help but look back again, but when he looked at the man standing in the middle of the BHB team, there was a hidden resentment in his eyes......
But at this moment, in front of him, a figure suddenly stopped, and he turned to look, but saw a man with a strong figure and a strong expression standing in front of him.
"Leon, have you succeeded?"
"No, I seem to ...... Failed. β